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Notable figures around the world who are believed to have died of the coronavirus

By Joey Hadden, Rosie Perper, Lauren Frias, and Debanjali Bose From Business Insider


Amanda Kloots and Nick Cordero at an event in New York City in August 2019. 
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  • The coronavirus has led to over 800,000 deaths worldwide, including some celebrities and public figures.
  • Prominent figures like Nick Cordero and Herman Cain have died from illnesses related to the virus.
  • Here are all the celebrities and notable people believed to have died of illnesses related to the coronavirus.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Frank Cullotta, a former mobster, died of health complications related to the coronavirus on August 20, the Associated Press reported. Cullotta was granted immunity for testifying against his former boss and spent his later years as a YouTuber and a mob museum tour guide.

Source: Associated Press

Trini Lopez, a pop singer, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 83 on August 11, per Mirror. The musician was known for starring in the film, “The Dirty Dozen.”

Trini Lopez during A Douglas Family Celebration Presented by Palm Springs International Film Society and Film Festival at Annenberg Theatre at Palm Springs Desert Museum in Palm Springs, California, United States. (Photo by Jesse Grant/WireImage for BWR Public Relations)
Trini Lopez during A Douglas Family Celebration Presented by Palm Springs International Film Society and Film Festival at Annenberg Theatre at Palm Springs Desert Museum. 

Source: Mirror

Herman Cain, a former Republican presidential candidate, has died from coronavirus, his website shared on July 30. He was hospitalized less than two weeks after attending President Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20, and remained there for close to a month. Most recently, Cain was a contributor to the conservative website Newsmax TV and was set to launch a weekly show.

herman cain

Source: Business InsiderNBC

Tony Award-nominated Broadway actor Nick Cordero died at the age of 41 due to complications from COVID-19.

Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, confirmed the news on Instagram and said he was “was surrounded in love by his family, singing and praying as he gently left this earth.” 

Cordero was being treated at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for over 90 days. Over the course of his hospitalization, the 41-year-old was put into a medically induced coma and had his right leg amputated. 

The Canadian actor is best known for his performances on Broadway in “Rock of Ages,” “Waitress,” and “Bullets over Broadway.”

Dan Foster, a radio personality, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at age 61 on June 17. Foster was a radio host in Nigeria, where he has been referred to as “the God of radio.”

Sources: PulseThe New York Times

Nur Omar Mohamed, Rep. Ilhan Omar’s father, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at age 67, Omar tweeted on June 15. Omar told the New York Times in 2018 that her father’s advice has guided her through life.

Nur Omar Mohamed
Nur Omar Mohamed poses with the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and his daughter, Representative Ilhan Omar in 2019. 

Sources: TwitterThe New York Times

34-year-old singer Chris Trousdale died of health complications related to the coronavirus on June 2. Trousdale was known for singing and dancing in a boy band called Dream Street from 1999 to 2002.

Chris Trousdale
Chris Trousdale attends Beverly Center x The Advocate x World of Wonder Pride Event at Beverly Center on June 22, 2019, in Los Angeles. 

Source: The New York Times

Author H.G. Carrillo, who wrote the novel “Loosing My Espanish,” died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 59, the Washington Post reported on May 22. Carrillo was on the board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and taught at George Washington University.

The Washington Post updated its initial reports of Carrillo’s death on May 23 stating that Carrillo was actually from Detroit, Michigan, and not a Cuban immigrant as Carrillo himself had previously claimed.

U.S. Senator Annie Glenn died of health complications related to the coronavirus on May 19 at 100. She was the widow of former astronaut John Glenn.

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Annie Glenn listens to her husband John speak at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. 

Source: Dispatch

Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, a former White House butler, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 91, Fox 5 reported on May 19. Serving as a cleaner, doorman, and butler for 11 presidents from 1957 to 2012, he was one of the White House’s longest-serving employees.

White House
Jerman was a White House butler until 2012. 

Source: Fox 5

Roy Horn, an entertainer and half of the famed magician duo Siegfried & Roy, died of complications due to COVID-19 at 75 on May 8. Roy and his professional and domestic partner Siegfried Fischbacher had a long-running Las Vegas production lasting 35 years.

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Entertainer Roy Horn poses as he arrives for Elizabeth Taylor’s 75th birthday party at the Ritz-Carlton in Lake Las Vegas, in Henderson, Nevada February 27, 2007. 

Source: New York Times

Jimmy Glenn, a Boxing Hall of Fame trainer turned New York bar owner, died of health complications related to the coronavirus, Eater reported on May 7. Glenn owned Jimmy’s Corner, a famous dive bar in Times Square.

Owner and Boxing Hall of Fame trainer Jimmy Glenn sits at the bar of his famous Times Square bar Jimmy's Corner in 2014.
Jimmy Glenn sits at the bar of his famous Times Square bar Jimmy’s Corner in 2014. 

Source: Eater

Ty, A UK-based rapper, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at age 47, the Guardian reported on May 7. Ty’s album “Upwards” was nominated for the Mercury Prize, an annual UK music award, in 2004.

Ty
Ty performs live during the annual Nationwide Mercury Music Prize at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, in London in 2004. 

Source: The Guardian

Michael Halkias, owner of the Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn, New York, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 82, Anamniseis reported on May 6. The Grand Prospect Hall is a national historic landmark that has been used as a concert venue, film set, and commercial shooting space for notable brands like Vogue and American Express.

Source: Anamniseis

Len Fagan, drummer and owner of the nightclub Coconut Teaszer, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 72 on May 3, the club’s Facebook page shared. Fagan is credited with helping to build the Los Angeles music scene with his showcases of up-and-coming bands.

Source: Los Angeles Times

Gulshan Ewing, a journalist, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 92, her daughter Anjali Ewing confirmed to BBC on May 1. Ewing was known for editing two of India’s most popular women’s magazines — Eve’s Weekly and Star & Style. Ewing guided young female journalists during a feminist movement in the 1970s and 1980s.

Source: BBC

Actor BJ Hogg died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 65, Express confirmed on April 30. One of Hogg’s most notables roles was on the HBO series Games of Thrones as Sir Addam Mabrand.

Source: Express

Jonathan Adewumi, co-owner of an Afro-Caribbean restaurant in Brooklyn called Amarachi, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 57, NY1 reported on April 28. Eater called Adewumi “one of Brooklyn’s staunchest advocates for African culture and cooking.”

Source: EaterNY1

Troy Sneed, a grammy-nominated gospel singer, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 52, his friend, radio personality KD Bowe, confirmed on Instagram on April 27. Sneed released seven albums between 1999 and 2012.

Source: Mirror

Richard Sanders, a journalist, died after complications from the coronavirus at 62, BBC confirmed on April 25. Sanders was best known for presenting BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today show.

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, July 19, 2017, an entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded BBC in London.  Britain’s government announced Wednesday Feb. 5, 2020, that it is considering a change in the way the nation's public broadcaster, the BBC is funded. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FILE)
An entrance to the BBC headquarters in London pictured in 2017. 

Source: Metro

Fredrick Thomas, a rapper from the Bronx, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 35 on April 23. A notable New York rapper for over a decade, he was known by fans as Fred the Godson.

Fred The Godson
Fred The Godson backstage at S.O.B.’s on February 25, 2020, in New York City. 

Source: New York Post

Matteo De Cosmo, an art director, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 52 on April 21, Variety reported on May 1. De Cosmo was best known for his work on the Marvel TV show, “The Punisher.”

Source: Variety

Matthew Seligman, a lawyer and musician, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 64 on April 17. He was best known for playing guitar live with rock legend David Bowie in 1985.

Matthew Seligman
Matthew Seligman performs with Thomas Dolby and his band at Union Chapel on February 28, 2010, in London. 

Source: Mirror

Luis Sepúlveda, a Chilean author, died of health complications related to the coronavirus on at 70 on April 16. Sepúlveda was best known for his novels “The Old Man Who Read Love Stories” and “The Story of a Seagull and The Cat Who Taught Her To Fly.” Sepúlveda was a political activist early in life. He was jailed by dictator Augusto Pinochet and later exiled.

Luis Sepulveda
Luis Sepúlveda is on the right. 

Source: The Guardian

John Horton Conway, a mathematician, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 82 on April 11. Conway created the online “Game of Life” game to teach players how life evolves.

Sources: Princeton UniversityThe Game of Life

Charles Gregory, an Emmy-nominated hairstylist, died of health complications related to the coronavirus on April 8. Gregory was known for working on films and TV shows with Tyley Perry.

Source: The Wrap

Ahmed Ismail Hussein, a Somalian musician, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 91 on April 7. Hussein was known as “King of Oud,” for his masterful playing of the oud, which is a stringed instrument.

Source: The New York Times

Yaakov Perlow, a leading ultra-Orthodox rabbi, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 89 on April 7. Perlow served as the president of Agudath Israel of America for more than 20 years. The Agudath Israel of America is an organization for ultra-Orthodox Jews in the US that Perlow’s grandfather started in Poland.

Rabbi Yaakov Perlow
Rabbi Yaakov Perlow addresses a large crowd of Orthodox Jews at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey in 2012. 

Source: The Times of Isreal

Allen Garfield, an actor, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 80 on April 7. He was known for his supporting roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including key roles in the films “Nashville” and “Beverly Hills Cop II.”

Allen Garfield
Allen Garfield at the screening for “Irreconcilable Differences” in Los Angeles in 1984. 

Source: New York Post

American country folk singer-songwriter John Prine died of complications related to coronavirus, his family confirmed to Rolling Stone on April 7. He was 73. According to Rolling Stone, the country legend died at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

john prine
John Prine performs on stage at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA on October 2, 2009. He plays a Martin acoustic guitar. 

Source: Rolling Stone

Variety confirmed that Hal Willner died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 64 on April 7. Willner was a music sketch producer at SNL for about 20 years. He was also a record producer known for producing Disney tribute albums.

Hal Willner
Hal Willner performs at a celebration at the Ace Hotel Theater on April 7, 2015, in Los Angeles. 

Source: Variety

Variety reported on April 5 that Lee Fierro, an actress best known for her role in “Jaws,” had died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 91. Fierro played Mrs. Kintner, the mother that slapped Chief Brody, played by Roy Scheider, across the face in the iconic 1975 film.

Lee Fierro
Lee Fierro’s famous scene in “Jaws.” 

Source: Variety

Forrest Compton, an actor known for his role in the soap opera “Edge of the Night,” died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 94 on April 5. Compton served in World War II and attended the Yale Drama School.

Forrest Compton
Forrest Compton appearing on the soap opera “Edge of Night.” 

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Mahmoud Jibril, former Libyan Prime Minister and head of National Forces Alliance, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 67 on April 5. Jibril was the head of the NATO-supported opposition government that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi’s 40-year long rule in 2011.

Mahmoud Jibril
Interim Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril speaks at a news conference during the General Assembly at the United Nations in 2011 in New York City.

Source: Middle East EyeAl Jazeera

Actor Jay Benedict died of health complications related to the novel coronavirus on April 4, his agency TCG, tweeted. Benedict appeared in some major films, including “Aliens” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”

jay benedict
Jay Benedict attends the London Film and Comic Convention at Earls Court on July 19, 2008, in London. 

Source: New York PostTCG Artist Management/Twitter

Patricia Bosworth, a Hollywood actress who wrote bestselling biographies about Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, and Montgomery Clift, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 86 on April 3. Bosworth co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in “The Nun’s Story” in 1959.

Patricia Bosworth
Patricia Bosworth arrives for the premiere of “Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus” in New York. 

Source: The Wrap

Sergio Rossi, a high-end women’s shoemaker, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 84 on April 2. Rihanna, Paris Hilton, Ariana Grande, and Taylor Swift are amongst some of his admirers. CNN reports that, in March, his company had announced it would be donating over $100,000 and pledging all of its online sales to the fight against COVID-19.

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A pair of shoes made by Sergio Rossi. 

Source: The Jerusalem PostCNN

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